Punching-bag.



@Patented June 1, 1909.

S. H. SELFE.

PUNGHING- BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE s, 190s.

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UNITED sriirns SIDNEY HENRY SELFE, OF CORONA, NEW YORK.

PUNCHING-BAG.

To all whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, SIDNEY H. SELFE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Corona7 in the county of Queens and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Punching-Bags and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in punching bagsand comprises various details of construction and combinations andarrangements of arts which will be hereinafter fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of punching bag, parts beingshown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the tube to which athreaded cap is applied.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a flexible bag to be inflated and which may be of anysuitable material and provided with a tube B leading therefrom wherebythe bag may be inflated or deflated. Said tube has a plug fitted thereinand one end of said plug has a threaded portion for the reception of thethreaded cap D. A washer E is fitted about said threaded part of theplug and is adapted to hold the end of the tube against the shoulder' ofsaid plug so that when the cap is screwed tightly against the washer,the latter will bind frictionally and hold the end of the tube and forman air-tight joint. Said bag has an outer casing preferably of leatherand designated by letter II and has an opening I-I, the edges of whichmay be drawn together by lacing, as shown or by any other suitablemeans. Mounted within said casing is a rotecting shield, designated byletter K, and through which the tube B passes. A loop, designated byletter N, has its ends fastened to said shield and a covering N isfitted over the ends of said loop and is secured to said shield, anopening in said Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application led June 6, 1908.

Patented .Tune 1, 1909.

Serial No. 437,192.

covering being provided through which said tube and loop pass. l

Stitched or otherwise fastened to the outer surface of the casing arethe pads T and T. each of which is provided with an elongated slit inregistration with the slit formed in the casing and which has lacing todraw the marginal edges together. In order to protect the outer surfaceof the bag, a suitable lining H2 to said casing is provided.

When the parts are assembled in the man ner shown and described, it willbe noted that the inflating tube passing through said loop will beprotected from being constricted when the marginal edges of the slitsare drawn together by the lacing, said edges being prevented from comingin contact with the tube by the edges of the loop, as will be readilyunderstood.

From the foregoing it is noted that by the provision of a bag made asshown and described, a simple and efficient apparatus is aorded wherebythe parts are securely protected, and when it is desired to replace orremove the pad, it may be readily done by simply unlacing the slittedportion of the outer casing allowing the part to be removed.

What I claim to be new is In combination with an infiating bag hav ing afilling tube, a lined casing for said bag, a shield having an aperturethrough which said tube extends, a loop fastened at its ends to theouter face of said. shield, said tube eX- tending between the ends ofsaid loop, a covering fastened to the ends of the loop and to saidshield and having an opening for the reception of said loop,super-Imposed pads fastened to said casing, the latter and said padshaving registering slits, eyelets formed adjacent to the marginal edgesof the slits in the outermost of said pads, and a lacing threadedthrough said eyelets and adapted to draw the meeting` edges of the slitsagainst the edges of said loop which protects and prevents the edges ofthe slits in said outermost pad from being drawn by the lacing againstthe tube, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

SIDNEY HENRY SELFE.

Witnesses:

CURTIS P. WEEKS,

ALBIN E. MCNAMARA, Jr.

